Dr. Quick Books, Inc. a.k.a. "Dr QuickBooks and Quicken of Seattle"

[10/31/20]   Are you working too much to keep your business afloat? #QuickBooks partnered with business coach Joe Woodard to share task management tips to increase your productivity: https://oal.lu/jMlKR

#bookkeeping #smallbusinessowner

Dr. Quick Books, Inc. a.k.a. "Dr QuickBooks and Quicken of Seattle"

Katie Sturino, Founder of @MegababeBeauty, partnered with #QuickBooks to offer advice on pivoting your #smallbiz and generating revenue during #COVID19. I now offer #remote services. What have you done? https://oal.lu/SEtrv

#AskTheExpert #smallbusinessowner #entrepreneur

From easy-to-grasp business information to reporting that helps them consistently optimize their day-to-day operations, real customers share why they chose #QuickBooks #Enterprise. Mine like the free payroll with 2 versions they got from me at a discount. https://oal.lu/KrEP4

This month, the Small Business Administration consulted with the U.S. Treasury Dept to answer FAQs aimed at helping #PPP loan borrowers navigate maximum loan forgiveness. Read answers to these questions and more:

- How do I determine which payroll cycles are included in PPP loan forgiveness?
- How do I calculate non-payroll costs for PPP forgiveness?
- How do I calculate PPP forgiveness if I had a reduction in workforce or wages?

What has your experience been as a PPPLoan borrower? Do you feel that the regulations are clear? Many of my clients don't.

https://oal.lu/2H8pA

#smallbusinessowner #CARESAct

[07/31/20]   Use QuickBooks Online? One of the best tricks to cut down on QuickBooks Online issues is to set up a different profile (person) in your chrome browser. I have one just for QuickBooks. I only do QBO stuff in there with hardly have any issues. If I do, a simple clearing of just that browser profile fixes it.

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CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business

Email marketing is an incredibly powerful way to reach new clients. A common question is "Is cold emailing legal?".

The short answer is, under the CAN-SPAM Act, yes. There are some stipulations that are important, however.

1. Don't use deceptive information
This includes mainly things like subject lines and from/to lines.

2. Allow the user to opt-out and honor those requests promptly
Everyone needs an opportunity to decline further emails.

3. Include a valid postal address
This is probably the easiest one to miss. A physical address must be present on the email. This can be your business address or even a post office box.

One thing to note is that the above stipulations are required only if you are sending a "commercial" (mostly marketing) email. If you are sending an email regarding a transaction between you and the recipient, then the CAN-SPAM Act requirements do not apply. Find further information from the FTC here - https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business

ftc.gov The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.

5 New Google My Business Features For Better Exposure

Google Posts up to 1K characters, Appointment Bookings, Questions and Answers like Yext, Messaging, & Business Descriptions. I also recommend Events and Products and Services.

jeffbullas.com Are you a local business that wants more sales? Forget other things and work on creating, optimizing, and promoting your Google My Business profile.

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Want to Pledge 1% of your time or services, product, equity, or profit to help nonprofits? Check out Pledge 1%. I've signed up.

It's an easy model with a proven track record of helping businesses of all sizes & stages have an impact and make the world a better place. https://pledge1percent.org/

pledge1percent.org EQUITY TIME PRODUCT PROFIT Building a Movement of Corporate Philanthropy Businesses as a force for good responding to COVID-19. Click here for our response page We want to change the world by inspiring early–stage corporate philanthropy. Pledge 1% is an easy way to leverage a portion of your futur...

How businesses and workers can keep PPP loan forgiveness and unemployment benefits

They are two separate programs with their own qualifications and rules. Just don't do both at the same time (collect unemployment and get paid by an employer).

cnbc.com Work-sharing programs let businesses recall employees to satisfy Paycheck Protection Program rules without jeopardizing unemployment benefits.

Piercing The Corporate Veil Ways to Protect your LLC

If you are going to incorporate to save on taxes and have the legal protection, you have to follow the rules.

llc-made-easy.com It’s every business owner’s nightmare. Not only has your business been sued, and a huge judgment has wiped out all the equity in your company, but now they have pierced the corporate veil and are coming after you personally. You car, house, bank account–everything. You thought that your person...

Want to learn QuickBooks Online after buying the software for 50% off through me for the first year with a merchant account ordered through me.

Intuit has over 100 step-by-step tutorials to help you master QuickBooks. Browse their entire library by topic. Bring me to do the heavy lifting and work with you one-on-one or remotely:

Getting Started - https://bit.ly/2PaHuGz
Accounting Basics - https://bit.ly/2Jc5dSX
Sales - https://bit.ly/2Weq7WV
Invoicing - https://bit.ly/2JelfeQ
Expenses - https://bit.ly/31HK89r
Reports - https://bit.ly/2MADTzM
Reconciliation and Preparing for Tax Season - https://bit.ly/2MAfydj
Managing Inventory - https://bit.ly/2W8NQaH
Projects (without QuickBooks Payroll) - https://bit.ly/2P9UWdF
Projects (with QuickBooks Payroll) - https://bit.ly/2W5Tjio

PPP Forgiveness App Creator

Puzzled by the PPP forgiveness application?

PPP dot BANK is a free, secure resource for small businesses, non-profits, and sole proprietors across the United States who received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and are now applying for forgiveness and scratching their heads and wondering how they will sleep at night.

This website automates the 11-page forgiveness application and results in a pdf that can be provided to your lender.

https://www.PPP.BANK

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6 Reasons You Might Not Want to Apply for a PPP or SBA Loan

6 Reasons You Might NOT Want to Apply for a PPP or SBA Loan. Your business can survive w/o it. You don't want additional debt. What you plan to spend it on doesn't qualify for holy forgiveness. You have other less restrictive sources. https://strategicadvisor.liveplan.com/6-reasons-you-might-not-want-to-apply-for-a-loan

liveplan.com Taking out a business loan in a crisis can be a quick and unplanned decision. Before applying, consider these 6 reasons why you may not need a crisis loan.

[05/29/20]   Use QuickBooks Online and have American Express Connected. You should update your connection to keep your American Express transactions flowing into QuickBooks.

To ensure that you continue to receive transactions from American Express into QuickBooks, please complete the steps outlined below.

Note: Only the primary account owner of the American Express Card will be able to update to the new connection:

1. Sign in to QuickBooks Online.

2. Go to the Banking menu. Confirm that all downloaded transactions in American Express credit cards have been matched or added to the account.

3. Select the Update Connection in the banner.

4. Select Continue and sign in to your American Express account.

5. Follow the onscreen steps. In the COA dropdown, make sure the account you use to track American Express transactions in your QuickBooks chart of accounts is selected. This should be the same account you used before.

6. Select Connect.

Now your American Express connection is up-to-date.
You're ready to get back to business.

Please note: Once you update your new connection, any changes made through your old connection - American Express' Connect to QuickBooks - will not reflect in QuickBooks Update Now

[05/17/20]   Are you still using a QuickBooks 2017 version? You may be impacted by the May 31st "QuickBooks Sunset."

Each year, Intuit “sunsets” an older version of QuickBooks Desktop. This means that certain features of the software will no longer function or be supported by QuickBooks. QuickBooks versions 2018, 2019, and 2020 will continue to be supported.

As an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, I always provide help, support, problem-solving, and training in older versions to my clients. I believe that small business owners should have a choice.

The QuickBooks Sunset on May 31 2020 will affect these 2017 versions of Intuit Desktop Software:

• QuickBooks Desktop Pro
• QuickBooks Desktop Premier (General Business, Contractor, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional Services, and Retail)
• QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions (General Business, Contractor, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional Services, and Retail)
• QuickBooks Desktop Accountant
If you're using one of these 2017 versions of QuickBooks your basic software features will continue to work, but you will lose the following functionalities and services on May 31:
• Intuit QuickBooks Support* - Intuit will no longer provide support for 2017 products either in the form of updates, or requests for technical support
• QuickBooks desktop payroll services (Assisted, Basic, Standard, Enhanced, Workers Comp Payment Service, and View My Paycheck)
• Online backup via Intuit backup services
• Online banking via 'Bank-feeds'
• Critical security updates (no scheduled release or push updates)
• Credit Card Processing (including automatic credit card billing and terminal download) via Intuit Payment Services
• Check processing via Intuit Payment Services
• Accountant’s Copy File Transfer (ACFT) service
• Multi-currency/Exchange Rate Updates
• Bill Pay via Intuit Payment offerings
• Intuit Payment Network related services of any type

To preserve these functionalities and add-on services, you must upgrade to a newer version of the applicable software.

You can get QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Mac (if using 2016) through me at my cost which is less than Amazon with an Intuit merchant account through me.

If you do not use any of the QuickBooks add-on services listed above or require live technical support, you can continue to use your 2017 version.

Remember, May 31, 2020 is the date upon which Intuit will 'Sunset' QuickBooks 2017 Desktop products. Don't let it sneak up on you if you require add-on services (like Payroll) that will stop working on that date.

* - Exception for QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions with a 'Support Plan' - You will continue to have access to Enterprise support until the expiration of your current support plan.

To ensure functionality and uninterrupted service, I recommend that you install the latest version of Enterprise Solutions by May 31.

Contact me to obtain your subscription for up to 20% off Intuit’s price for life (yours, not mine) if you qualify with an Intuit merchant account through me.

45 Ways to Master Slack While You're Working From Home

I found the eight shortcuts, six channel hacks, eight message hacks, three tips for using Slackbot, eight Team Collaboration tips, and 12 Slack integrations tools and apps from the article "45 Ways to Master Slack While You are Working from Home" extremely useful and informative.

Now, I can start using Slack to more easily communicate at home or on my data device (cell phone) with my counterpart at Intuit QuickBooks who helps me get my small business clients the company's desktop programs (QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Mac) at my cost which is usually less than Amazon, QuickBooks Online for 50% off their first year, Point of Sale at varying discounts, and QuickBooks Enterprise subscriptions at 20% off Intuit's price for life for 1-10 licenses and 12.5% for 11-30, all with an Intuit Merchant Account through me if they are eligible.

I could even use it for clients who ask for help, support, training, & classes about how to set up their business books, review what they have done, help them clean up their books & problems including inventory and payroll, tutor and train them and their staff. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/349574

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Are you paying the following for an annual QuickBooks Enterprise Legacy subscription that you bought before September 2014 for 1-30 users (blue columns)?

Let me $ave you some money by switching you to a regular subscription (yellow column). I can also offer you monthly for financial flexibility.

All come with basic inventory and advanced reporting features, onsite data backup, US-product and technical based support, free training, and next year's version when it comes out each year, usually in September.

Two come with additional benefits like free enhanced DIY payroll for unlimited employees and three EINs or separate companies with direct deposit.

One comes with advanced inventory for tracking multiple warehouse or storage sites, serial or lot numbers, ability to turn on FIFO and enhanced receiving, and bar codes.

If you don't want to switch, let me confirm that you are using the right version, options to host or self-host if you are currently using a hosting provider, number of licenses, payroll and credit card processing options, and the features you are or aren't using.

My offer (yellow column) can save you up to 20% for LIFE (yours, not mine) off Intuit's regular price on 1-10 licenses and 12.5% on 11-30 users.

The savings are in the green column. You have to go through me and get an Intuit merchant account through me if you are eligible to get these savings.

Or you can stick your head in the sand and continue to pay more. The choice is yours. Contact me at [email protected]

Some accountants are recommending opening a separate bank-account for #COVID19 related funds because it is more audit-friendly, avoids co-mingling of funds, and creates a clear audit trail. Has your #smallbiz done this?

Once you've received the #PPP loan disbursement and started spending the funds, you'll want to make sure you are inputting the income and expenses into your accounting software correctly: https://oal.lu/srUSA

Attorney and author, Julian Block, delves into two #COVID19 -inspired tax changes removed cap on write-offs for monetary donations & deduct as much as $300 given to charitable organizations in TY2020. Read here: https://oal.lu/cNIZ7 #CPA #taxdeduction #taxplanning #taxseason

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Use @LinkedIn? Want to know what your #LinkedIn Social Selling Index and rank are?

Your Social Selling Index (SSI) measures how effective you are at establishing your professional brand, finding the right people, engaging with insights, and building relationships. It is updated daily. https://www.linkedin.com/sales/ssi

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Online Risk Assessment Tool Helps Online Sellers Understand Sales Tax Obligations

If you sell outside your state, this is a useful tool for understanding economic nexus as well as the number of transaction that trigger nexus. Useful to decide if you want to sell or have a presence in certain states. Control your business.

cpapracticeadvisor.com Avalara launches the Sales Tax Risk Assessment at a time when businesses, primarily online sellers, are facing added sales tax complexity. The South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. ruling in June 2018 stated that given the power and prevalence of the ...

[03/20/20]   Wi-Fi precautions today:
• Don't use free public Wi-Fi hotspots, such as those provided by coffee shops or airports. They are often insecure and targeted by cyber-criminals.
• Instead of using public Wi-Fi hotspots, use your mobile device's personal hotspot. It's far more secure and several mobile providers are providing unlimited data at this time.
• Don't connect to any unknown Wi-Fi network or accept an unknown peer-to-peer connection request.
• Turn off your device's Bluetooth visibility when you're not using it and permanently disable the feature that allows your phone or laptop to automatically connect to available Wi-Fi networks. This protects your device from automatically connecting to malicious networks. It may also save battery life.
• If you need to remotely access your work computer, use a virtual private network (VPN).